That sort of Whippet musclepower really begs for an opposable thumb. There is a kid, in germany iirc, that has a similar genetic disorder which
produces excessive muscle mass, if anyone wants to search for it.

As for the CC, clearly that is a dog. I personally think this is a mythology being born around normal events, although some of the Puerto Rico cases,
if true, are more interesting than the American and Mexican ones which usually come off as a bunch of atention seeing copycat sightings or excessive
enthusiasm.

I've worked with dogs for 11 years and this thing may look like one physically, but it shares more characteristics with non-canines when you watch
it. The weird hairless appearance would make me think it was a wild dog with diseases at first glance. Our brains automatically try to file things in
the categories we expect things to go in, even if it's not accurate. But the gait and behavior isn't consistent with a healthy or diseased canine.
It looks more like a hyena.

As it lopes, the front, back, left and right paws don't touch the ground like a dog that is either running away or just trotting along. Without going
into detail about the order that a dog's paws touch the ground in its various gaits (just go to a dog park and watch), the lope is a more like an
animal with hooves, or front paws that don't have any traction, like a horse, goat, or even possum or raccoon. Also, it looks like the front paws may
be curled back, which would be consistent with the way it runs: not "pulling" the ground up to it, but more like a hooved animal with no front
traction, or something that's skipping on it's "knuckles", if it has knuckles. The tail is tucked between the legs like a dog, but a scared dog
running away for more than a few seconds keeps its profile low, with ears flat on the head. The creature in the film still keeps it's back in a
gallp-arch and doesn't adopt anything close to a fear- or even chase-gait of a canine.

If it were a diseased canine it wouldn't have the coordinated behavior of another animal. It would have the behavior of a diseased canine.

This is my personal favorice chupacabra candidate. It fits the physical description and is even a breed from the general geographic area. And dogs,
especially ones that have been domesticated and don't know what they're doing, will indeed drink the blood out of prey, I've seen it happen to
chickens, done by a Husky. And yes, the theory it could be hybrids or even a sub breed of coyote has legs too.

As for the whole "dogs don't run like that" comment, well, actually smaller dogs do. Once the initial sprint is done they pace themselves for the
long haul and end up looking like a pony trotting. Besides, the exact profile will vary depending on the terrain and individual. Humans all run
different, it's the same for dogs.

Maybe there is some other creature that fits in the mythology better, but I'll place my bet on Xolo's, at least for the continental chupacabra
sightings.

Chubracabra as 'religion' psy-ops spreading westward from Puerto Rico into the north and south Americas.

I have made a number of trips to Puerto Rico looking for the
Chupacabras - most recently in late 2005 with Paul Kimball and his film crew. On every occasion, IÂ have heard tales and rumors that there is no
Chupacabras - at all. But, rather,

that the original, first-wave of stories were spread and perpetuated by U.S. military psychological warfare
planners who had an interest in determining the psychological effects of superstitions onÂ localized populations - in the event that such effects
needed to be exploited in regional, third-world warfare.

And, so the stories go, Puerto Rico - as a self-contained island that could be easily watchedÂ - offered the best target-location for the creation
of a modern day myth, and to monitor the effects of that same modern day myth on the populace, determine how rumors spread, and gauge how
superstitious locals could be manipulated, if such circumstances were deemed necessary.

Kryties right you know. The only way for it to get to the US is if some one smuggled a dingo from Southeast Asia and just left it behind near The
border between Mexico and the US. It couldn't swim here because that would take like 1-2 years I don't know but It would take a wile. Just to make
it short so I don't have to write as much as Anonymous ATS here, ITS NOT A :mad

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